Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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John Hardy was a desperate little man
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And he carried two guns every day
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Shot a man down on the West Virginia line
Oh, to see him,
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John Hardy gettin' away
To see him, John Hardy gettin' away
Oh, to see him,
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on his own pistol barrel
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So drunk he could not stay
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And up come the deputy
He said, Johnny, come and go with me
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He said, Johnny, come and go with me
He said, Johnny, come and go with me
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He said, Johnny, come and go with me
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John Hardy had a sweet loving mother
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And she'd come for to go to his bail
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There was no bail for a murderin' man
So they throwed John
Hardy back in the jail
They throwed John Hardy back in jail
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And John Hardy had a pretty little girl
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And the dress that she wore was blue
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She come down to the old jail cell
She said, Johnny, I've been true to you
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She said, Johnny, I've been true to you
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John Heidi had a pretty little woman
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And the dress that she wore was red
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And she come down to that old jail cell
She said, Johnny,
I would rather see you dead
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She said, Johnny,
I would rather see you dead.
She said, Johnny,
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Babe, I've been to the east,
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wide world around.
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I've been to the river,
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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